Archive Category: 'Recipes'

• Meat Free Recipes For Lent: Just a few short years ago we relied on traditional family recipes to fill the gaps during Lenten fasting, but now the internet introduces to us meat-free recipes that we normally would never know about or come across. If you’re not Christian or not practicing fasting this year, these recipes give you an opportunity to [...]
• 20 Things To Make With Potatoes: Recipes: Potatoes are a staple for many meals since they’re cheap, tasty & filling–making this vegetable a budget dinner favorite. There are so many different ways to prepare them, but a lot of times we can fall into the old easy stand-bys: mashed, boiled & baked. This week’s Recipe Hit List offers 20 different recipes for [...]
• 20 Pita Recipe Picks: This week’s Recipe Hit List is all about Pitas: Dips, chips, wraps, pizzas and even how to make your own homemade pita bread. Delish! Here’s what I found around the net this week… Recipe Hit List: 20 Pita Picks *Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites White Bean Dip with Pita Chips: This dip is excellent as [...]
• Recipe Hit List: A Medley Mix Of Tasty Recipes: Nothing too structured with this week’s Recipe Hit List, I have homemade breads, rolls, biscuits, cakes, and a lasagna tossed in as well. Quite a mix this week but they all look delicious! A Medley Mix Of Tasty Recipes *Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites Sausage Roll Tutorial: Mouth watering, flaky, tender, as spicy as you [...]
• How To Make The Best Chicken Stock In Your Slow Cooker: Today’s feature tip is from The Cottage Smallholder with How To Make The Best Chicken Stock In Your Slow Cooker: This stock works with cooked chicken bones or a fresh carcass. The latter makes better stock, I think. If you remember to remove the chicken when it is cooked (1-1.5 hours depending on size) you [...]
• 12 Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes: Homemade salad dressings are a nice luxury, they’re made with fresh ingredients, tastier than what you can buy and chances are–they’re a lot cheaper than ready-made. Here’s a list of what’s caught my eye around the net, each of them look so good! Also check out How to Make Vinaigrette: Recipe & Tips for how to [...]
• How to Make Vinaigrette: Recipe & Tips: Here’s a grocery bill buster: Homemade vinaigrette salad dressing. It’s very easy to make, ingredients couldn’t be cheaper and it’s one of the most popular dressings to top a salad with. Luckily, it’s super easy to make with the main two ingredients being vinegar and oil. Standard Ratio: Vinegar & Oil The standard ratio is 1 part vinegar [...]
• How To Make Skittles Vodka: Today’s feature is a fun one from Mix That Drink with Skittles Vodka Tutorial: Infusing vodka with Skittles is a very popular trend right now. There are a couple of different ways to do it. My way involves separating all the Skittles into their separate flavors and making five different bottles of Skittles vodka. This actually couldn’t [...]
• Satisfying Salads: Recipes: This week’s Recipe Hit List is all about salads, I’ve had too many heavy meals over the past few weeks with the holidays and new year and I’m ready to focus on some crisp veggie goodness. The salad recipes below aren’t all about slim and trim, but each implements fresh produce and that’s appealing to [...]
• 14 Scrumptious Pancake Recipes: This week’s Recipe Hit List was a real treat for me to put together. Until I began searching for pancake recipes, I had no idea how many different, delicious ways you could make them. I’ve included my favorite picks found around the ‘net below, you’ll find everything from Gingerbread Pancakes to Cornmeal-Cranberry Pancakes to Whole-Wheat [...]
• Pancakes & Waffles: Tips And Recipes: The Secret of Tender Pancakes Or Waffles Stir the batter with a whisk or fork just until dry ingredients are blended. The batter will be lumpy. Overmixing the batter will make the pancakes or waffles tough. Use a heavy frying pan or griddle for pancakes. Preheat the griddle in advance, the griddle or waffle iron is hot enough when [...]
• 12 Breakfast Casseroles: Recipes: I usually post Recipe Hit Lists on Thursdays but I wanted to post this list in time for Christmas brunch. Most of these can be prepared the night before then cooked Christmas morning, a perfect solution to busy holiday mornings! It’s going to be hard choosing just one, each of these recipes look delicious [...]
• Kitchen Gift Idea: Cranberry Vinegar Recipes: Cranberry vinegar is simple to make and it’s a lovely homemade gift from the kitchen. You can use cranberry vinegar as a salad dressing, a meat marinade or drizzle over cooked poultry and meat for a nice flavor. You can also cook it down as a reduction sauce to spoon over meats and side dishes. Here are [...]
• Lavender Liqueur Recipes: Homemade liqueurs make lovely gifts, but lavender liqueur is something I’ve yet to try. Here are a few recipes I’ve had stashed away for awhile just waiting to be made. If you’ve sampled this kind of liqueur before, I’d like to know what you think of it. Lavender Liqueur Recipes Recipe #1 6 TBS Dried Lavender Petals 1 Fifth [...]
• 14 Turkey Leftover Recipes: What else could this week’s Recipe Hit List be about! Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. with lots of folks eating lots of turkey. And around Saturday or Sunday the dilemma will hit: What to do with all that leftover turkey! Here are a bunch of recipes I picked up around the net to help [...]
• 12 Homemade Bread Recipes: Freshly baked homemade bread, still warm with real butter and topped with some homemade strawberry jam or slices of thick cheese, delicious! Homemade bread is not only heavenly, it’s a frugal treat made with wholesome ingredients and no added preservatives. This week’s Recipe Hit List is a collection of a variety of breads: White, Oat, [...]
• Gifts From Your Kitchen: Recipes & Gift Tags: Today’s feature is from Whole Foods Market with recipes and free printable gift tags & cards to accompany each one–Gifts from Your Kitchen: Wrap up your holiday shopping without leaving the house! From flavored sugar and spiced oils to candied nuts and herbed salts, our crafty elves have cooked up tasty gift ideas for the foodies [...]
• Recipe Hit List: 12 Veggie Sides To Try: I find myself making the same boring vegetables prepared the same boring way since my guys are so veggie-fussy, but occasionally I get in the mood to mix things up. Sometimes that means a new veggie fave is found, or at least one that everyone will eat just fine. So this week I went on [...]
• 14 Grilled Sandwich Recipes: This week’s Recipe Hit List is all about warm, toasty grilled sandwiches. They’re perfect for both lunch and dinner and they’re a definite comfort food on cold nights. So easy to make too! Here are my picks from around the web… 14 Grilled Sandwich Recipes *Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites Bombay Grilled Double Decker [...]
• 24 Tempting Meatloaf Recipes: I love meatloaf! It’s one of my favorite main dishes to make since it’s super easy to put together, and bonus! it’s my son’s favorite meal too (with buttery mashed potatoes of course!). Is it possible to have only one favorite meatloaf recipe? There are too many delicious ways to make it for me to [...]
• 14 Comforting Homemade Soup Recipes: Chilly fall mornings and cold winter evenings–nothing brings comforting warmth straight to the bones like a piping hot bowl of homemade soup. Here are my top picks of soup recipes that I found around the net this week. I enjoy all kinds of soups but prefer regular home fare so this list of soup recipes [...]
• 12 Pasta Recipe Pleasers: I know I’m not the only one with a weak spot for pasta . Creamy & cheesy dishes, chunky pastas with bites of sausage or lightly flavored noodles–they’re all delicious to me. Lots to choose from in this week’s Recipe Hit List, many are simple to prepare and fuss free. Here’s what I found [...]
• 12 Family Favorite Pie Recipes: We’re heading into the holiday season and pies are not only a favorite on the menu, they’re expected. Store bought pies are ok (some even pretty good), but there’s nothing really like homemade pie! Here are my top 12 picks of pie recipes found around the net, each is a traditional favorite–some with a tasty [...]
• 12 Marvelous Muffin Recipes: For some reason I seem to crave freshly baked homemade muffins in the Fall. They’re a warm comfort food on chilly mornings, great for breakfast or snacktime and not fussy to make. Here are 12 different recipes I’ve found online this week that caught my eye, a few are even healthy! I hope you enjoy [...]
• Stir Fry Recipes For Each Day Of The Month: Here are my picks for 29 tasty stir fry recipes that I’ve found online, they range from simple ingredients to more “Wok Star” pantry staples. (updated: removed two recipe pages that were no longer active). You’ll also find several recipes at the bottom for stir fry sauces. Quite a packed list here folks! Also check out [...]